Eola Hills House, Salem, Oregon property

Accessed via a mile-long winding driveway with fleeting views to mountains, hills, and the Ueda Design Studio designed Eola Hills House emerging at each turn, the sequence conjures the qualities of an approach to a traditional Japanese tea house in Salem, USA. Upon arrival, a garden featuring a water fountain made of local boulders formally signals the shift from work life to family life.

Alta Tower, Le Havre, France twisting building

Designed by Hamonic+Masson & Associés the Alta Tower, Le Havre, France, is a twisting concrete tower, a new landmark at the centre of French UNESCO World Heritage site. The competition brief called for a residential tower that would build on Perret’s celebrated reinvention of Le Havre, and link Niemeyer’s distinctively curvaceous concrete building with the strict modern grid of Perret’s urban plan